Imagine not knowing the Onslaught set and keeping on using Break Open on creatures facing down in the doomed hopes that one day they wont be just wasting mana to greatly help the enemy.
This is good in two-player matches, but unparalleled in multiplayer games as you literally take your rivals further from victory while boosting yourself forward
If a spell or ability targets the melded permanent, then the whole permanent is affected by that spell or ability
Generally speaking, its better to have money invested than it is to have money sitting in a bank account (or in a plastic bag from a Chinese delivery place tucked under your mattress)
The -2 ability does create Faerie Dragons, though, so I pay lip service and move right along
This German translation of Athreos, God of Passage makes me know I dont want to be standing downwind of it given that its apparently the god of the uber fart